Ornament



Sept. 30, 19410 G. s. BLE-YER ORNAMENT Filed April 16, 1941 INVENTOR. eorgfi e/ J. .Bzger diZorgy Patented Sept. 30, 1941 UN laTED snares Pare" OFFICE.

ORNAMENT George S. Bleyer, New York, N. Y., assignor to Bleyco Paper Corporation; New York, N. Y;, a corporation of New York Application April 16, 1941, SerialrNo. 388,762

6'Claims.

This invention. relates to decorative ornaments, such as those which are used on Christmas trees, or for many other decorative purposes. As is Well known, the conventional Christmas tree decorations, and particularly those made in spherical or ball-like form, are usually made of glass, and are thus fragile and easily broken. Efforts have been made to produce such decorative objects from other materials, most objects of the character being hand-made, requiring special dies, cutting and fabricating of th materials employed, and requiring such workmanship as would tend to make the articles relatively expensive and difficult to produce.

The object of the present invention is to provide an ornament of the character described in which the body of the ornament is composed of sheet material in strip form, and in which a neat, attractive, and useful article is produced.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, Fig. 1 is a face view of one of the strips in flattened or unfolded condition, with the tie wire disposed across one face of the strip; Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the strip folded over the wire; Fig. 3 shows the folded strip puckered or gathered by the wire; Fig. 4 is a rear view of one of the rosettes; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of two of the rosettes united to form the finished ornament.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing is shown the finished ornament, constructed according to the present invention. The ornament consists of two rosettes 6, each formed of one of the strips I of suitable sheet material, such as the cellulosic material known as Cellophane; metal foil; paper, or any other suitable material, and a tie wire 2 which maintains the sheet material in rosette form. Two of these rosettes 6, constructed as hereinafter described, are placed back-toback and connected together in such relationship, and since each of the rosettes is of substantially hemispherical shape, the resultant article will be substantially spherical, as shown in Fig. 5.

The manner in which one. of the rosettes is constructed will be apparent by reference to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive. Therein is shown an elongated strip I of suitable sheet material, such as Cellophane, metal foil, paper, textile fabric or the like. The strip may be made in various colors, textures and finishes so that many attractive effects are secured. A tie wire, cord or other suitable flexible tying member 2 is disposed along the longitudinal center line of the strip, which is then folded longitudinally along said center line as indicat'eda at 3, so that the tie wire 2- is disposed between the folded; portions of. thestrip. The, strip is then puckeredor gathered, as indi-- cated at 4, such puckering or gathering being produced by any suitable means, and possibly by merely tightening or knotting the tie wire 2 to form it into a loop. The puckering or gathering of the strip as above described, results in the formation of a plurality of radially disposed folds in the rosettes, as indicated at 5, these folds being more or less irregularly spaced. When the tie wire is tightened sufficiently and twisted or tied, it will form a loop, confining the strip within it, as clearly seen in Fig. 4, thus forming the strip into one of the rosettes. If the ends of the wire ar twisted together, as also seen in Fig. 4, the wire will remain in loop formation indefinitely and the rosette, of substantially hemispherical formation, and composed of a plurality of radially folded sections, will retain its shape and present an attractive and ornamental appearance.

In producing the finished ball shown in Fig. 5, it is merely necessary to place two similar rosettes back-to-back and twist the two tie wires together, this serving to unite the two rosettes, and the projecting twisted wires will co-operate in the formation of a suspension member, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. When the two rosettes areplaced together in th manner indicated, the various folds or creases merge to such an extent that the fact that the ball is composed of two rosettes cannot be discerned and an attractive, substantially spherical ornament results, the same being made up of a plurality of radially extending irregular folds. If the material employed is shiny, glittering, colored Cellophane, or metal foil or other suitable material, the surfaces of the folds form reflecting areas, or facets, and the effect of a fancy, glass ornament is secured from lightweight, unbreakable inexpensive materials.

Since the rosettes are each made from sheet material in straight strip form, and as such material is obtainable from its manufacturer in that form, it will be obvious that special cutting or shaping dies are unnecessary. The production of the article, either by hand or by machine, is speedy and inexpensive, and the finished article is attractive, light and unbreakable.

What I claim is:

1. A decorative ornament or the like in substantially spherical form, said ornament consisting of a pair of rosettes placed back-to-back, each of said rosettes consisting of a folded, elongated strip of sheet material enclosed in a loop of flexible material and held in gathered formation thereby, the material of the loops co-operating in the formation of a suspension member for the ornament.

2. A decorative ornament or the like in substantially spherical form, said ornament consisting of a pair of rosettes placed back-to-back, each of said rosettes being roughly hemispheri: cal, each rosette consisting of a longitudinally folded, elongated strip of sheet material, and

a looped tying member disposed within the fold I loop disposed within the fold of the strip,

'4. A decorative ornament or the like comprising a substantially spherical body, said ornament consisting of two rosettes held together, each rosette consisting of a lengthy, longitudinally and radially folded strip of sheet material confined by a wire loop.

5. A decorative ornament in the form of a ball, said ball being composed of two rosettes connected together, each rosette comprising a lengthy strip of sheet material doubled upon itself, a wire disposed between the folds of said strip and drawn into a tight loop to formth'e strip into a plurality of radially extending creases or folds and forming the rosette into a substantially hemispherical body.

6. A decorative ornament comprising a substantial1y ball-shaped member, said member comprising two connected hemispherical rosettes,

" each rosette comprising a puckered lengthy strip of sheet material, eachrrosette having a confining wire holding it in puckered condition, the wires being connected. together to form a suspension member. for the ornament.

GEORGE S. BLEYER. 

